At Saturday’s Bellator 57 event, both fighters won their respective season-five eight-man tournaments, and both have now earned guaranteed title shots with their division’s champions.

Bellator 57 took place Saturday at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, Canada, and the main card aired on MTV2 and EPIX following the Spike.com prelims.

After a close first round in which the fighters traded kicks and knees, Lima won the tournament in decisive fashion with a brutal second-round barrage. Saunders moved in for a punch, but Lima countered the UFC vet with a right hand that dropped him. Saunders was dazed, and Lima poured on punches and hammerfists to force the TKO stoppage at the 1:21 mark of the round.

Lima (21-4 MMA, 3-0 BFC) now has won nine straight fights and gets the next shot at Ben Askren’s 170-pound championship.

In the night’s co-headliner, Russian fighter Shlemenko dominated jiu-jitsu ace Vitor Vianna for a unanimous-decision victory. It also earned him his second tournament title and a rematch with Bellator champ Hector Lombard.

Shlemenko stalked his opponent, pressed the action, easily avoided takedowns and unloaded a steady stream of punches to the head and body to shut down Vianna’s offense. Shlemenko was never in any real damage and even showboated a bit toward the end of the fight.

In the end, the judges awarded him the unanimous decision via 30-27, 29-28 and 30-27 scores.

Shlemenko (43-7 MMA, 7-1 BFC) is now 12-1 over his past 13 fights, and the lone defeat came to Lombard in his first title shot. Vianna (12-2-1 MMA, 2-1 BFC) halts a five-fight win streak.

Hollett took the first round with solid striking, and Hawk took the third after fighting through fatigue to land some damaging shots. The fight essentially was decided by a close second round, one in which few power shots landed and the action stalled with the fighters tied up in the clinch.

In the end, the judges were split and awarded the bout to Hollett via 28-29, 29-28, 29-28 scores.

Hollett now has won four straight fights while Hawk falls to 2-4 over his past six.

Former UFC and Shark Fights fighter Doug Evans, meanwhile, was no match for top featherweight prospect Alexandre “Popo” Bezerra, who ultimately continued his Bellator win streak and earned first-round submission victory.

In the night’s first televised fight, Bezerra immediately fired off submission attempt after submission attempt. After avoiding a guillotine choke and armbar attempts, Evans ended up in his opponent’s guard. But with one wrong move, Bezerra latched onto a leg and forced a quick tap-out at the 4:04 mark of the opening round.

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